Teaching Yoga and Meditation to Kids

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2015

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Mariam Gates is a highly skilled teacher and yoga instructor with decades of experience, as well as the founder of the Kid Power Yoga program. Mariam is the author of Sounds True’s first children’s book, Good Night Yoga: A Pose-by-Pose Bedtime Story—a tale designed to bring parents and children together in a relaxing flow of postures and visualizations. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with Mariam about integrating yoga into public school education and the special considerations of teaching the practice to children. They also talk about Mariam’s vision for teaching yoga and meditation from kindergarten through twelfth grade, as well as the possible benefits from such a sweeping program. Finally, Tami and Mariam discuss the background and inspirations behind Good Night Yoga. (54 minutes)

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0:00.0	This program is brought to you by sounds true.com.
0:04.0	At sounds true.com you can find hundreds of downloadable audio
0:08.0	learning programs, plus books, music, videos, and online courses, and events.
0:14.3	At sounds true.com, we think of ourselves
0:17.2	as a trusted partner on the spiritual journey,
0:20.2	offering diverse, in-depth, and life-changing wisdom.
0:24.0	Sounds True.com, guest is Mariam Gates.
0:46.0	Mariam Gates is a passionate and inspiring teacher
0:49.7	with over 20 years of experience working with young people.
0:54.0	Through the Kid Power Yoga Program, she has combined her dedication to teaching yoga with
0:59.6	her skills as an educator to guide children in accessing their own inner source of strength, confidence,
1:07.0	problem solving, and creativity.
1:10.0	In this episode of Insights at The Edge,
1:12.0	Mariam and I spoke about introducing the in this episode of Insights at the Edge.
1:12.5	Mariam and I spoke about introducing yoga into the school system
1:17.2	and her vision of how yoga and meditation
1:20.8	could be taught from kindergarten through 12th grade and the huge impacts this could
1:26.2	have on reducing violence and emotional reactivity at school and in our society.
1:33.0	We also talked about special considerations
1:36.0	for teaching yoga and meditation to kids,
1:39.0	and her advice to parents on how to introduce yoga and meditation without getting into power struggles with your
1:46.1	children.
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